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Robert Reed: Boulder Police Department -- Contempt for the law?

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01/10/2013 01:00:00 AM MST

Words cannot express my disgust regarding the recent big game hunting incident on Mapleton Hill. I'm not sure which is more appalling: the flagrant disregard for the laws these rogue cops are supposed to uphold, or their astounding idiocy in thinking they could murder the elk and get away with it. In any case, I will never again look at a Boulder Police officer without wondering what he or she is about to shoot.

In an article in the Sunday Camera, Mayor Matt Appelbaum says he believes that recent incidents of police misbehavior, as detailed at some length in the same article, "don't reflect a department-wide cultural problem." I disagree.

It's apparent to me that corruption and contempt for the law are endemic in the Boulder Police Department and it is time for a thorough fumigation, starting at the top. Rather than make excuses for this pathetic state of affairs, I would like to hear Mayor Appelbaum explain how it is that Chief Beckner still has a job.

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